Etymograph

English

sneck

Sneck comes from Middle English snek.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500snek1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1978sneck1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sneck
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks: “Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500snekWiktionary, English sneck
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1978sneckWiktionary, English sneck. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks: “Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first…”

The story

Possibly from Old English *snecce, from Proto-West Germanic *snakikā, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snak- (‘to blow; sniff; nibble’) and thus related to English snatch.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Every English word from Middle English snek

Today it means

noun A latch or catch.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English snek / sneck

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